Botanical name
Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’
Other names
Sage ‘Love and Wishes’, Bush sage ‘Love and Wishes’, Bush salvia ‘Love and Wishes’, Salvia ‘Love & Wishes’
Genus
Salvia
Variety or Cultivar
‘Love and Wishes’ _ ‘Love and Wishes’ is an upright, bushy, tender evergreen sub-shrub with ovate to elliptic, aromatic, dark green leaves and, from early summer into autumn, dark stems bearing open racemes of magenta flowers with maroon calyxes.
Foliage
Evergreen
Fragrance
Foliage is aromatic
Habit
Bushy, Upright
COLOUR
Flower
Magenta, Maroon in Summer; Magenta, Maroon in Autumn
Foliage
Dark-green in All seasons
HOW TO CARE
Watch out for
Specific pests
Leafhoppers , Slugs , Snails
Diseases
Generally disease-free
General care
Pruning
Pruning group 9
Propagation methods
Semi-hardwood cuttings, Softwood cuttings
WHERE TO GROW
Salvia ‘Love and Wishes’ (Sage ‘Love and Wishes’) will reach a height of 0.8m and a spread of 0.8m after 5-10 years.
Suggested uses
Beds and borders, City, Coastal, Cottage/Informal, Low Maintenance, Mediterranean
Cultivation
Grow in moderately fertile, moist but well-drained soil in sun with afternoon shade. Treat as an annual or overwinter indoors.
Soil type
Chalky, Loamy, Sandy
Soil drainage
Moist but well-drained, Well-drained
Soil pH
Acid, Alkaline, Neutral
Light
Partial Shade, Full Sun
Aspect
South
Exposure
Sheltered
